Five Persons Wounded and One Dead After Shooting Affray Eight armed robbers, who ran wild after robbing a shop in the Yangtszepoo district about 8 o'clock Sunday evening, shot killed a shop assistant and wounded five others during their indiscriminate ing. One of the five is seriously wounded and may. have to be detained in St, Luke's Hospital for some little time, The deceased assistant was removed to the Public Mortuary, The incident began just before 8 o'clock. Eight men, all of whom were armed, entered a shop in the outlying district, at the intersection of Lincheng Road with Yangtszepoo Road, Their leader placed three men on guard, and, after he had surveyed the" situation, he stamped his foot and all men went, inside.
The preliminaries were conducted in the usual manner. One man he wished to purchase cloth. When shop assistants produced the desired article, he drow hhis pistol, whereupon five others also drew pistols, The gang had secured about $000*worth of loot, when someone outside blew a police whistle, whereupon all decamped, As they got out on the road, about half of the gang began to fire wantonly, seemingly without objective. A Chinese detective, who heard the shots, came running to the spot. When he saw the gang hho fired once. They fired three times in reply.
On the opposite side of the road from the scene of the robbery, shop assistant, who heard the shooting, stepped from behind the counter' and on to the pavement. His curiosity cost him his life, Whilst on the pavement, a bullet struck him. in the temple. "He died instantly. Two others who were in shops were wounded, while three others sustain. ed flesh wounds, Although foreign and Chines" detectives were despatched to th once, they found no furt of the gang, ho had amped into Chapel, than 10 empty cartridge cases.
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